I was fortunate enough to appear on Rocky Mount’s WHIG-TV recently to talk about Galvanized. Here’s the link:
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Why did you write this book?
“Michael Brantley’s Galvanized is a conscientious and sweeping hybrid narrative gathering together fragments of the author’s personal history—that of his great-great-grandfather’s life in nineteenth-century North Carolina—alongside elaborately researched accounts of the Civil War. When Brantley offers, ‘These were the stories that had become interesting to me, the stories about real people, regular people,’ he focuses our attention…
Reader feedback enjoyable for the writer
(Feedback used in this post was not solicited. —MKB) Let’s face it, writers have egos. Those egos are fragile and no matter how large, they need feeding. I tell my creative writing students that a writer has to have an ego. If you’re going to put words out in the world for people to read…
Reading more while corona’ed
In my newspaper column this week in The Nashville Graphic, I offered some reading suggestions for folks who are unable to get out. [Note: the newspaper content is free until further notice.] I’m thinking for some folks, these authors might be slightly under the radar, but they shouldn’t be. Of course, high on my list…
Galvanized Cover Released, Now Available for Pre-Order
At last, at last. I’ve been waiting anxiously to share the cover design for Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate since the fine folks at the University of Nebraska Press/Potomac Books sent it to me over a month ago. I’m thrilled with how they included the book’s main character, Nash County native Wright…
More of J.D. Salinger’s Work to Be Published
Many fans of Catcher in the Rye would have liked to have seen more from author J.D. Salinger. Much like Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird, there just isn’t much out there by these reclusive authors. However, Salinger’s son and widow are “going as fast as we freaking can” to gather his work and…
My Name is *, and I Have a Book Problem
By Michael K. Brantley I went to the Pitt County library sale last weekend. It’s a big event featuring cheap books — most are $1-$3 each — held in the Convention Center. It is very encouraging for me as both a writer and a reader to see so many folks going in and out, almost…